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Shansiella canaliculatus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae

Taxonomy
Turbo canaliculatus was named by Römer (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Cürten Strata Formation of Germany.

It was replaced with Yunnania subpygmaea by Sabattini and Noirat (1969); it was recombined as Shansiella canaliculatus by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Turbo canaliculatus Römer p. 29 figs. pl. 7 f. 14
2023Shansiella canaliculatus Wagner p. S3659

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPortlockiellidae
genusShansiella
speciescanaliculatus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Shansiella canaliculatus Römer 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:24:42
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:24:42
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Turbo canaliculatus (type locality: 156553)